{"id":374720,"date":"2026-07-15T22:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/374720\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:54:38","slug":"former-dallas-cowboys-qb-retires-from-nfl-after-7-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/374720\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Dallas Cowboys QB Retires From NFL After 7 Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carolina Panthers<\/a> quarterback Will Grier<\/a> announced his retirement on Wednesday after 7 seasons with 7 different teams, including 2 different stints and 4 seasons with the Cowboys in 2021 and 2022, then again in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n

The Panthers announced the news on their official website.<\/p>\n

Grier signed a 1-year contract with Carolina on April 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill Grier came back to his hometown team three months ago, but his comeback won\u2019t continue into training camp,\u201d Panthers.com\u2019s Darin Gantt wrote on Wednesday. \u201cThe veteran quarterback has chosen to retire. The Panthers placed him on the reserve\/retired list on Wednesday. The 31-year-old Grier was originally a third-round pick of the Panthers in 2019, and signed a one-year deal here before the draft. He has also spent time with the Cowboys, Bengals<\/a>, Patriots<\/a>, Chargers<\/a>, Eagles<\/a>, and the Cowboys again. He appeared in two regular-season games, both here during his rookie season. The move leaves the Panthers with just three quarterbacks heading into camp, which begins next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cowboys Released QB Will Grier in March<\/p>\n

The Cowboys are trying to improve across the board in 2026 \u2014 even if that means in what seem like meaningless backup roles.<\/p>\n

Just 2 days after signing a former 17-game starter to compete to be quarterback\u00a0Dak Prescott<\/a>\u2018s backup in\u00a0Sam Howell<\/a>, the Cowboys parted ways with Grier on March 11.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys\u2019 quarterback room is now Prescott, Howell and Joe Milton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cowboys are back down to 3 QBs with the release of\u00a0Will\u00a0Grier,\u201d\u00a0NFL reporter Tom Downey wrote<\/a> on his official X account.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Grier, 31, spent 4 seasons with the Cowboys in 2 separate stints in 2021 and 2022 then 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the addition of Sam Howell<\/a>, the Cowboys released\u00a0Will\u00a0Grier,\u201d\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Todd Archer<\/a>\u00a0wrote on X. \u201cHe spent last year on the practice squad and was re-signed to a futures deal in January. Back to three QBs on the roster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Grier Seemed Like Trade Bait in 2025<\/p>\n

The Cowboys may have been able to part ways with Grier in exchange for a draft pick at some point last season, and \u00a0Bleacher Report\u2019s Mo Moton<\/a> predicted it would happen before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn April, the Dallas Cowboys acquired big-armed\u00a0Joe Milton<\/a>\u00a0III from the\u00a0New England Patriots<\/a>, which means\u00a0Will Grier<\/a> could fall to third on their quarterback depth chart,\u201d Moton wrote on August 9. \u201d \u2026 Grier has put together solid preseason outings in recent years. Now, he can showcase himself to draw interest from other teams that see him as a No. 2 quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grier set the national high school record with 837 passing yards in a single game as a senior at Davidson Day School in Davidson, North Carolina, before starting his college career at Florida.<\/p>\n

Grier, 6-foot-1 and 220 pounds, started as a redshirt freshman at Florida before he was suspended for one season for using performance-enhancing drugs. He transferred to West Virginia, where he was the starter for 2 years. Grier was named Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year in 2017 and All-Big 12 in 2018 after he threw for 3,864 yards, 38 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.<\/p>\n

Grier was selected by the\u00a0Carolina Panthers<\/a>\u00a0in the third round (No. 100 overall) of the\u00a02019 NFL draft<\/a>. He spent 2 seasons with the\u00a0Panthers<\/a>, 2 seasons with the Cowboys in 2021 and 2022 before spending time with the\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>,\u00a0Patriots<\/a>,\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>\u00a0over the last 2 years.<\/p>\n

Grier made his only 2 career starts as a rookie in 2019, going 0-2 with 228 passing yards, no touchdowns and 4 interceptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carolina Panthers quarterback Will Grier announced his retirement on Wednesday after 7 seasons with 7 different teams, including…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-374720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}